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A. BROWN. COMBINED PAPER CUTTER AND STAMP. No. 327,998. Patented Oct. 13, 1885,

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFIQE.

ALBERT BROWN, OF MENDOCINO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED PAPER CUTTER AND STAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,998, dated October 13, 1885.

Y Application filed February 6, 1884. Serial No. 119,942. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mendocino, in the county of Mendocino and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Paper Gutters and Stampers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to paper cutters and stampers; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction and effective and certain in its operation.

The invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a paper cutter and stamper constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom View of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. atis a detached view in perspective of the stamper.

In the accompanying drawings,in which like letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several figures, A represents a paper-cutter,which is constructed with the usual beveled edge having the usual facing of metal. This cutter A is constructed of somewhat greater thickness than the ordinary cutter, and is provided upon its under side with a longitudinal recess, B, and is provided on its top edge or surface with a longitudinal slot, b, which has communication with said recess B.

Within the recess B is a block, 0, the lower side of which is provided with a suitable stamp, 0, while the upper side is provided with a handle, 0, which projects through the slot 12, and is formed with a head, 0".

D represents aspring, which is provided with a centrally-located slot, which is adapted to receive the handle 0 of the block 0, the upper side of the spring bearing against the lower or under side of the head 0 the ends of the said spring resting upon the upper side of the cutter A. By this arrangement the stamp is held within the recess B, and contact of the said stamp with any object is prevented until the head of the stamp is pushed downwardly, depressing the spring. When the said head is released, the action of the spring causes the stamp to be again drawn upwardly and within the recess B.

E represents an inking roller, which is mounted in the sides of the-cutter A within the recess B, and about midway between the twov ends of the recess. This ink-roller E may be constructed of any desired material, and as the stamp is moved over the same (which action is allowed by the longitudinal slot 1)) the said stamp is thoroughly inked.

At one end of the recess B the end of the cutter A is recessed, as shown at e, to receive a spring-pressed rod or shaft which is seated therein, the forward end of the said rod or shaft bearing against the block, so that when it is desired to ink the stamp the same is moved rearwardly, passing over the inking roller, and compresses the spring-pressed rod or shaft, which, when the same is released, carries the block to the forward end of the recess B. v

F represents spring-arms, the inner ends of which are attached to the cutter,'while their outer ends are bent inwardly and bear in recesses formed in the ends of a roller which carries the paper.

It will be obvious that many slight changes in the details of construction may be re sorted to without departing from the spirit of my inventionas, for instance, the spring pressed rod may be dispensed with, and, if so desired, two or more inkingrollers may be employed; hence I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown and described, but reserve to myself the right to make all such slight changes and alterations in the details of construction as may properly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a cutter provided with a recess upon its under side and having a longitudinal slot, as shown, of a block carrying a stamp upon its under side, the handle of which projects through said slot, and an inking-roller, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a cutter provided upon its under side with a recess and having a longitudinal slot, as shown, of a block having a stamp secured upon its under side, a handle secured to said block, the upper end of which is provided with a head, aspring mounted upon said handle, and bearing against the V 5 under side of the head of said handle, and an inking-roller mounted Within the sides of the said recess, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a cutter recessed upon its under side and provided upon its up- IO per side with a longitudinal slot, of a block having a stamp secured upon its under side, a

handle secured to said block, the upper end of which is provided with a head, a spring mounted upon said handle, and bearing against r 5 the under side of the head of said handle, an

\Vitnesses:

EUGENE BROWN, G. OANNING SMITH. 

